alahater said something like this:

No info, just adding confirmation to your claim.  Lately service here sucks.
*Especially* DC.

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I hate to hear that sort of thing because I'm planning to move to Florida in
another 6 months & switch to Nextel.  Up to this point all I'm reading are
good comments about Nextel in Fl.  Does anyone know if there's coverage all
the way across Alligator alley yet?

I live about 80 miles of Tampa.

In January I went to a local cellular store and had them bring a Nextel
phone to my house.  I wanted to be sure I had coverage from home.  Inside
the house the phone showed a strong signal.

Then in May my phone kept showing "No Service".  Then it would go in
service.  In and out for weeks.  I finally called Nextel.  They said Nextel
was having system problems in Florida.  After 2 more weeks, there was no
improvement.  So I called back.

They opened a ticket and got my cross streets.  They said they checked
things out and according to their maps I am only guaranteed street coverage.
They said the reason why my service is bad now is because of the spring
foliage.  I informed them that was nice but that doesn't help me.

Nextel was good about it and allowed me to cancel my contract with paying
for the terminiation fee.

I say all this to state that I noticed a significant degradation of service
in May.  It was a significant change from January to May.

Shaka